Slippery agent behaviour.

[ladymuck]

What do you do with agents that display slightly shady behaviours?

Nothing particularly slippery, just the common things such as not replying to your emails after they submitted your CV (because most likely you were not successful) but then 3 months later get in touch about other roles. This sort of things.

What do you do with them?

a) you don't care, that's part of the game.
b) do not deal with them nor their agency after the first offence
c) give them a number a chances before you stop dealing with them like 3 strikes and you're out
d) .....?

If I get ghosted after they claim to have put my CV forward and another role comes up that I'm keen on, I will mention their past performance in a "why should I give you another go" manner without being rude. They'll give me some lies but I like to think it shows that I'm serious and don't take kindly to being messed about.

I would also try to determine if the role is available with any other agencies, which can be hard if it's not yet being advertised but if you know your sector well you'll have an inkling of which agencies are likely to have the job to fill.

At the end of the day, the agent has called you because they think you can earn them some money so to refuse to deal with them isn't all that helpful. My exception would be if the last time I dealt with them they did just spout lies.

[PCTNN]

What do you do with agents that display slightly shady behaviours?

Nothing particularly slippery, just the common things such as not replying to your emails after they submitted your CV (because most likely you were not successful) but then 3 months later get in touch about other roles. This sort of things.

What do you do with them?

a) you don't care, that's part of the game.
b) do not deal with them nor their agency after the first offence
c) give them a number a chances before you stop dealing with them like 3 strikes and you're out
d) .....?

[TheDude]

I was offered an outside contract with occasional visits to a client site on the South Coast.

It now turns out the position is with the same client with occasional visits to the far North of England.

[SueEllen]

the royal 'We'?

Yep.

[ConsultingTechArchitect]

Was this when you had visas in Spain, Portugal, Singapore, Australia and North Korea, while paying no tax and having the hardest job in the world?

Warning #2.

1. I worked in SNG and AUS for many years.
2. I never said I had visas in spain and portugal, I said I had an immigration lawyer write me an advisory report on what I need to do to get a visa.
3. I pay my tax in the UK
4. I don't have the hardest job in the world, that professor guy does.

What are you trying to imply about me?

[PCTNN]

At the very start of my career one agent from hays sent my cv through to the client after editing it and adding skills I didn't have.

He told me about it after I secured an interview so I had to learn as much as possible about the stuff he lied about before the interview. And that's how I landed my first role, by lying.

It was an entry-level role so nobody cared that I didn't know tulip but still makes me giggle how my whole career started from a series of lies.

[Lance]

We know

the royal 'We'?

[ladymuck]

I can (and do). You can (I presume).
I was using 'you' as a 2nd person pronoun though.

We know

[Guy Incognito]

Sat on a Zoom meeting, wearing a tie waiting for the interviewer to join. I had previously been offered the role but didn't take it after they took too long to make an offer, so I was feeling confident.

About 5 mins after the start time I text my friend who works there to ask why no-one has joined.

Agency (Salt) didn't bother telling me the interview was cancelled as "I was asking for too much money".

The "too much money" amount was more than 50% over the rate I asked for.

Never heard from the agency again.

[Lance]

You can....

I can (and do). You can (I presume).
I was using 'you' as a 2nd person pronoun though.